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Tacitus: Germania Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55-c. 117) Historian Born in S. Gaul, upper class Studied rhetoric in Rome Held various government positions
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Tacitus: Germania Various works, including: Histories Annals De Origine et Situ Germanorum (Germania)
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Cassiodorus Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (c. 490- c. 583) Politician, scholar, educator Classical education. Rhetorical skills win him position at court of Theoderic. Holds various positions until c. 540 c. 540 Leaves court, spends c. 15 years in Constantinople
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Cassiodorus Retires to monastery of Vivarium, at Squillace, Italy Several works, including Variae (c. 538), collection of official documents from time at court
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Gregory of Tours 538/39-594/95 Born Clermont-Ferrand, with name Georgius Florentius 573 Becomes Bishop of Tours History of the Franks/ Ecclesiastical Histories, plus saints’ lives
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The Law of the Salian Franks
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